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American architect (1840–1915)
West Sibley Hall,
Cornell University (1870)
Central Technical High School in Syracuse (1900)
Crouse College, Syracuse University (1881)
Onondaga County Court House, with Columbus Obelisk in foreground (1904-1907)
Archimedes Russell (June 13,1840 – April 3, 1915) was an American architect most active in the
Syracuse, New York area.
Biography
Born in
Andover, Massachusetts and trained under local architect
Horatio Nelson White , Russell served as a professor of architecture at
Syracuse University from 1873 through 1881.
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In the course of his career he designed over 850 commercial and civic buildings in the central New York region, including the
David H. Burrell Mansion in
Little Falls, New York , a Queen Anne/Romanesque Revival stone mansion.
He died in Syracuse on April 3, 1915, and was buried at
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Work
Russell's work, much of which has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places , includes:
Mrs. I. L. Crego House , 1870
West Sibley Hall, 1870, and McGraw Hall, 1872 at
Cornell University
St Lucy Church, Syracuse, 1873
First Baptist Church of Camillus , 1879
Otsego County (New York) Courthouse , 1880
Crouse College, Syracuse University , 1881
Third National Bank , aka the Community Chest Building, Syracuse, 1885
Overlook ,
Little Falls, New York , 1889
Whedon–Schumacher House , Syracuse, 1892;
[4] National Register of Historic Places
West Hill School (Canajoharie, New York) , 1891–93
Dey Brothers Building, Syracuse, 1893, a contributing building in the
South Salina Street Downtown Historic District
Bastable Theatre , Syracuse, 1893
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Central Technical High School , Syracuse, 1900
Onondaga County Court House,
Columbus Circle , Syracuse, 1904-1907 (with murals by
William de Leftwich Dodge )
C. W. Snow and Company Warehouse , 1913
St. Matthew's Church, East Syracuse , 1915
St. Anthony of Padua Church, Syracuse
References
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"Archimedes Russell Collection An inventory of his collection at the Syracuse University Archives" . library.syr.edu . Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
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"Faculty Papers: Archimedes Russell" .
Syracuse University Archives. Archived from
the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2023 .
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"Russell" .
The Boston Globe . April 6, 1915. p. 16. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ May, Rachel (March 26, 2019).
"Whedon-Schumacher House has been Nominated by State Board for Historic Preservation to be added the State and National Register for Historic Places" . New York State Senator Rachel May . The New York State Senate. Retrieved August 21, 2023 .
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"Remembering the Bastable fire that forever changed Syracuse" . syracuse . February 16, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2022 .
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